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The Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School invites applicants for the staff attorney position with its Environmental Law Clinic (“ELC”). The staff attorney will join the thriving clinical community at Stanford Law School where, together with the clinical faculty and staff, he or she will represent clients and train law students at one of the country’s leading institutions for legal scholarship and education.
ELC is one of eleven clinics comprising the Mills Legal Clinic. The Stanford clinical program is unique in that students participate in a clinic on a full-time basis; the clinic is the only course a student takes during the term of enrollment. The Mills Legal Clinic occupies an entire floor in an award-winning central campus building opened in summer 2011.
The ELC works on environmental, natural resource, and energy matters representing non-profit conservation organizations and institutions. The ELC’s work focuses primarily on marine resources, endangered species, water quality, public lands, and climate change issues. The ELC engages in a mix of state/federal court litigation and policy advocacy work. Students working in the clinic help to investigate cases, develop strategies, advise clients, work with scientific experts, build and review administrative records, draft briefs and policy pieces, and present oral arguments.
The ELC staff attorney will report to, and work in collaboration with, Professor Deborah Sivas, director of the clinic. The staff attorney will have substantial responsibility for the litigation of clinic cases in state and federal court and before administrative agencies and will supervise Stanford Law School students enrolled in the clinic. Student supervision includes close review and editing of students written work and preparation of students for oral advocacy. In addition, the staff attorney will participate in the regular class seminar sessions, which focus on core lawyering skills.
Mills Legal Clinic attorneys are part of the intellectual community within the clinical program and the Law School and university at large. For example, the staff attorney will be invited to attend weekly faculty workshops at which scholars from Stanford and throughout the world present research and works in progress. The clinic also provides resources for its lawyers to participate in continuing education and other professional development activities.
Applicants for the staff attorney position should have at least seven to ten years experience in state and federal environmental law practice and must be admitted to practice in California. In addition, Applicants must possess strong academic credentials, excellent writing and editing skills, an aptitude for law practice and clinic management, and the organizational, interpersonal, and team work abilities necessary to supervise students. Successful teaching and student supervision experience or the demonstrated potential for such teaching and supervision are desirable but not required.
The salary is based on a formula that is competitive with similar positions.
Applicants should submit resumes through http://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/, referencing job number 52216. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, with a preferred start date as early as May 2013, but no later than August 2013.
In addition, applicants should send the following materials to the addresses below:
Applicants may send the materials electronically to Judy Gielniak, the Mills Legal Clinic administrative manager, at jgielniak@law.stanford.edu. Hard copies may be sent to: Deborah A. Sivas
Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law
Director, Environmental Law Clinic
Stanford Law School
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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